Two years removed from the incident, Bryant is using a growing Twitter presence to shut down the use of gay slurs among his social media followers, (via USA Today).

Fielding tweets from users who posted homophobic language, Bryant responded, "Just letting you know@PacSmoove @pookeo9 that using 'your gay' as a way to put someone down ain't ok! #notcool delete that out ur vocab."

Users responded with mention of Bryant’s past use of homophobic language, a public misstep replayed for millions to see. Bryant didn’t defend his behavior.

"Exactly," he wrote. "That wasn't cool and was ignorant on my part. I own it and learn from it and expect the same from others.”

Bryant’s words might have reached someone in the Twitter-verse, just not the two he originally addressed. As pointed out by USAToday, one defended his joke and the other was “mad as hell” he received admonishment from Bryant.